MAKEDEV patch
The non-programmer at the back of the class tentatively raises his hand...
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They are not partitions, they are multiple CD-ROM
drives. You can have
many CD-ROM drives, right?Sure. My mistake. But even so, who has 16 CD-ROM drives, or even 4?
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If joysticks are supported, I guess that we can
support multiple
joysticks.Again, sure. But why do we need js and djs? And how come it's 0 - 15 - 128 - 15, instead of 0 - 15 - 16 - 15? Who has 128 joysticks, or even 16, or even 4?
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In both cases I think caution is needed before removing functionality. Support for 16+ cdroms may be useful for some sort of streaming audio or video application - not a jukebox with a cd carousel but a device/app that simultaneously streams data from several drives to several clients.
No one may use 128 joysticks but there may be a place for 128 devices that use a "joystick" interface. Back in DOS days there were many projects for motor controllers, temperature sensors etc that ran through the joy port.
Since ELKS is partly focussed on embedded applications, we need to be cautious of an overly desktop centred point of view.
All this may be moot if these numbers can be restored at a later date through a simple re-patch.
Pat G.
Patrick Gilliland
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